Rather than becoming so love-struck that you create a world where only the two of you exist, it is much healthier to learn from those qualities of your partner that you respect and admire and make efforts to improve and develop yourself. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of The Little Prince, once wrote, "Love is not two people gazing at each other, but two people looking ahead together in the same direction." It follows then that relationships last longer when both partners share similar values and beliefs.